Crack rap continues to make a comeback, but not the type we typically think of. More artists are going back to connect the dots of the politricks that led to drugs flooding neighborhoods. On “Obamanomics,” Mikkey Halsted uses his usual no nonsense approach to canvas the corners of Chicago – really, any hood – and reports the findings through the reels. Since circa ’08, we’ve been waiting for Mikkey to see his breakthrough. with Don Cannon, No I.D. and more on board for Castro, the time may have finally arrived.

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Will never understand why people don’t pay more attention to Mikkey.
Just can’t. It’s like if Pusha found his conscience (Malice, I guess) and truly embraced it to rap about the hustle from the perspective of, “hey this shit actually sucks!”

Yea Mikkey has always been a pretty dope emcee to me, but while I think he can be a little bigger like a lot of you, I think from my conversations with him he kind of is thankful at where he’s at & doesn’t want to be to big! I think he likes being in that Killer Mike type circle where he isn’t to big, but is respected by most his peers & a lot of the Hip-Hop heavyweights! Don’t get me wrong I would love a lot more people to his message & music, but as Mikkey has said himself too, “Those that know… know!”

i actually like when talented musicians/emcees stay outta the major label spotlight. dont get me wrong, i wanna see em succeed and all, but i feel that they are more likely to do their own thing as opposed to putting out records that are influenced by people that run the label.

I respect that it’s not about fame. After all, the more famous you get, the less of a message you seem to be allowed to have. Or maybe only the shallow acts really get that high up on the charts…

All I know is, this is the type of music that NEEDS to be heard. This is rap that actually says something, and from which we can learn. I’m glad that he’s even as big as he is… but sometimes I wish THIS was the mainstream, because our alternatives are pretty bleak.